Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Initial Attraction
- Proximity
- Propinquity effect
- The more we see and interact with
people, the more likely to they are to
become our friend
- It promotes attraction b/c of availability,
mere exposure and suggests similarity
- Familiarity
- Mere exposure
- The more exposure, the more you like it
- We prefer things that are familiar
- We prefer our mirror image
vs. our actual image
- Does not apply if the object
has negative qualities
- Similarity
- Similarity predicts
friendship formation
- Demographics, attitudes and values
- Reciprocity
- We like people who like us
- Less true for people with low self esteem
- Subtle liking cues
- Eye contact, leaning in, mimicry
- Attractiveness
- Men
- Large eyes, strong cheekbones,
large chin, big smile
- Women
- Large eyes, small nose, narrow
cheeks, high eyebrows, large
pupils, big smile
- Symmetry and "averageness"
are attractive
- Babyfacedness
- Large eyes, rounder face
- Evokes liking and
caregiver behaviours
- Seen as more persuasive
and trustworthy
- Attractiveness and liking
- Babies stare at attractive faces longer
- Beautifulness is
good stereotype
- Pretty people are seen as more
sociable, popular, sexual and
happy
- Certain attractive traits
are specific to one
culture
- Misattribution of arousal
- If our heart races, we
attribute it to the person
- Dutton and Aron
bridge study
- Scarcity
- If there is not many
potential mates, we shift
our standards of attraction
- "Closing time" studies
- Attractiveness in relationships
- Matching hypothesis
- We seek partners that are of
similar attractiveness and are
more satisfied with them
- UCLA study